{"id":34251,"date":"2020-11-01T08:08:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T12:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=34251"},"modified":"2020-11-01T08:09:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T12:09:29","slug":"laughably-fakes-polls-proven-to-be-false-by-their-fraudulent-polling-methods-phony-pollsters-and-fictitious-conclusions-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=34251","title":{"rendered":"<b>Fantastically Fake Polls Proven to be False by their Fraudulent Polling Methods, Phony Pollsters and Fictitious Results<\/b>&#8212;WOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Decision 2020: Are The Fake Polls Back?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Yes \u2026<\/h2>\n<p>By FITSNews<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34252\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/50329963263_94a7943f11_k-1536x893-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/50329963263_94a7943f11_k-1536x893-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/50329963263_94a7943f11_k-1536x893-1-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/50329963263_94a7943f11_k-1536x893-1-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/50329963263_94a7943f11_k-1536x893-1-768x447.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As we get closer to November 3, 2020, pollsters are working overtime to assess the mood of the American electorate. Except \u2026\u00a0<em>is that really what they are doing?<\/em>\u00a0A more sinister interpretation is that these surveyors are working overtime to try and shape voters\u2019 mood.<\/p>\n<p>Their goal? To present the race between Democratic presidential nominee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Republican incumbent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as a foregone conclusion \u2026 a contest in which the outcome is no longer in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>And to reinforce specific narratives deemed helpful to Biden.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sound familiar?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It should \u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=795663593689808896&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fitsnews.com%2F2020%2F09%2F14%2Fdecision-2020-are-the-fake-polls-back%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"795663593689808896\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Oops \u2026<\/p>\n<p>This 2016 polling model from\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FiveThirtyEight<\/a><\/em>\u00a0was a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/final-election-update-theres-a-wide-range-of-outcomes-and-most-of-them-come-up-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">little bit better \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Click to view)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image fbx-instance\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a class=\"fbx-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/538.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-235545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/538.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/538.png 575w, https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/538-345x370.png 345w, https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/538-560x600.png 560w\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>(Via: FiveThirtyEight)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But not by much \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we have consistently pointed out, almost all of the pollsters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/2016\/11\/30\/the-polls-were-wrong-robert-cahaly-wasnt\/\">were wrong<\/a>\u00a0in 2016. Which is why as 2020 heats up, we have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/2020\/08\/15\/will-the-big-10s-decision-not-to-play-football-cost-joe-biden-michigan-and-wisconsin\/\">paying attention<\/a>\u00a0to the pollsters who got it<em>\u00a0right<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And urging our readers to do the same \u2026<\/p>\n<p>To be clear: We are not wild about the choices confronting our once-proud Republic this fall. For all the objections out there about putting people in binary boxes, this race has (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/2020\/05\/17\/justin-amash-wont-seek-the-presidency-in-2020\/\">sadly<\/a>) devolved into the ultimate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/2020\/09\/11\/9-11-never-forgotten-but-are-we-learning-its-lessons\/\">zero sum game<\/a>. Hopefully 2024 will be the year the electorate\u00a0<em>finally<\/em>\u00a0moves beyond the \u201cred pill versus blue pill\u201d false choice, but until then we must assess the upcoming presidential battle for what it is \u2026\u00a0<em>Biden versus Trump<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>So \u2026\u00a0<em>who is winning?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/news-polls\/abc-too-slow-on-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC News\/ Ipsos poll<\/a>, Trump certainly seems to be toast. More than two-thirds of Americans said they believed the incumbent botched the response to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\">coronavirus pandemic<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">68 percent<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0said they \u201cdo not trust\u201d his pronouncements regarding Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also found American adults \u2013 by a\u00a0<strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">61-37 percent<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0spread \u2013 believed Biden has more respect for members of the U.S. Armed Forces than Trump (advancing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/2020\/09\/05\/about-donald-trumps-john-mccain-is-a-loser-tweet\/\">factually dubious narrative<\/a>\u00a0launched by the left earlier this month).<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, these figures dominated mainstream media reporting heading into this week \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Are the numbers accurate, though?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/news\/abcs-trump-in-trouble-poll-surveyed-just-533-not-likely-voters-asked-over-20-more-biden-supporters-than-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to<\/a>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaheemKassam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Raheen Kassam<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>The National Pulse<\/em>, the ABC\/ Ipsos survey was \u201calmost less scientific than a Twitter survey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(SPONSORED CONTENT &#8211; STORY CONTINUES BELOW)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><a title=\"Bamberg Legal - Trucking Accident?\" href=\"https:\/\/bamberglegal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-FitsNews-600x400p-200806.jpg\" alt=\"Bamberg Legal, LLC\" \/><\/a><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Conducted between September 11-12, 2020, the survey was ostensibly based on \u201ca nationally representative probability sample of 533 general population adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So the first thing we need to address is the universe surveyed \u2013 \u201cgeneral population adults.\u201d Meaning\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>registered voters. Nor even<em>\u00a0likely<\/em>\u00a0voters.<\/p>\n<p>But who comprised this \u201crepresentative probability sample?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn total, the poll quizzed 31 percent Democrats, and just 25 percent Republicans \u2026 (and) surveyed 38 percent self-identified independents,\u201d Kassam noted.<\/p>\n<p>Ipsos did not release those breakdowns \u2013 nor did it share the leanings of the independents it included in the survey. It merely stated that these partisan identification benchmarks were taken from \u201crecent ABC News\/ Washington Post telephone polls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Are those surveys reliable?\u00a0<em>No<\/em>. According to Kassam, these polls \u201cstacked the decks in favor of Biden supporters, with the\u00a0July polling\u00a0quizzing 522 Biden supporters versus 399 Trump supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat amounts to a 27 percent inbuilt bias for Biden supporters,\u201d Kassam concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about an \u201cinsurmountable\u201d deficit \u2026<\/p>\n<p>To this \u201coversampling\u201d of Democratic (and Democratic-leaning) adults, our friends at\u00a0<em>Zero Hedge<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/yet-another-poll-oversamples-democrats-pollsters-fail-learn-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>\u00a0we must also add \u201cthe silent majority of at least 10 percent of Trump voters who won\u2019t admit their preferences to pollsters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only then do we get a sense of where this race really is \u2026<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Vote in\u00a0<em>our<\/em>\u00a0poll and post your thoughts in our always entertaining comments section below \u2026<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/2020\/09\/14\/decision-2020-are-the-fake-polls-back\/\">https:\/\/www.fitsnews.com\/2020\/09\/14\/decision-2020-are-the-fake-polls-back\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decision 2020: Are The Fake Polls Back?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}